Lonergan doesn’t necessarily agree with the administration’s rhetoric, but he is confident that the principles are sound, he told CNBC on Wednesday.

Lonergan added, “Europe is free-riding global demand, running huge trade surpluses and nobody has really stood up credibly to that ideology until Trump.”

CNBC’s accompanying take is that “Trade relations between the U.S. and some of its biggest trading partners — Europe, China, Canada and Mexico — are at rock bottom several months after Trump first threatened to slap import tariffs on steel and aluminum imports after alleging trade abuses.”

As if to confirm Lavin’s and Lonergan’s thoughts, enter Arancha Gonzalez. Gonzalez is the executive director of the International Trade Centre (ITC), and said that Europe and the Trump Administration could be closing the gap on trade talks.

“The EU is saying two things. The first thing… is we will not negotiate under a threat, we will not negotiate with a gun to our head. But the second thing the EU is saying (is) that, alright, if there is a particular sector causing difficulties to the U.S. like vehicles, let’s sit down and discuss,” Gonzalez told CNBC’s Joumanna Bercetche on Wednesday.

In the video interview that follows, the president teases with a smile that the various nations in the trade feuds are calling routinely. He confidently expects new, better trade deals for America.

If so, that would further fuel economic growth, which should benefit workers, and the MH industry’s continuing recovery.

Exclusive Interview of President Trump With Maria Bartiromo

In the video below, President Donald J. Trump addressed a range of issues, starting with replacing Justice Kennedy on the Supreme Court, with Maria Bartiromo on ‘Sunday Morning Futures.’